Transcript: Publisher Cuts 'Gourmet' Magazine

STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
10-06-2009
Publisher Cuts 'Gourmet' Magazine

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 11:00-12:00 PM


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STEVE INSKEEP, host:

The publishing giant Conde Nast has decided to shut down four of its magazines. It's not that the magazines were a bad read but the accounting books apparently were a terrible read. Most notable among them is the monthly Gourmet magazine.

NPR's David Folkenflik reports.

DAVID FOLKENFLIK: Gourmet magazine is led by the culinary critic Ruth Reichl. It's been filled with recipes and luscious photographs and is beloved by upscale foodies both creative and finicky, but apparently not enough of them. Its advertising revenues for the first six ...

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